"Friend or Foe (Adam Ant song) ""Friend or Foe"" was the title track, and second single from Adam Ant's first solo album. It was released 11 September 1982, exactly one month before the album came out. Compared to its predecessor, ""Goody Two Shoes,"" (number one on the UK Singles Chart, and number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US), ""Friend or Foe"" was received poorly by ""Antpeople."" It peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, and failed to chart in America. ""Friend or Foe"" was written by Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni. The track features Adam"
"The Man of Adamant ""The Man of Adamant"" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1837 edition of ""The Token and Atlantic Souvenir"", edited by Samuel Griswold Goodrich. It later appeared in Hawthorne's final collection of short stories ""The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales"", published in 1852 by Ticknor, Reed & Fields. Richard Digby, who believes his philosophy on life is the correct one, refuses to share his ideas with anyone else. His heart ails from accretions of calculous. He leaves his home, deciding to become a hermit. In the wilderness he discovers"
"in its earlier ""Two Pesos"" decision as ""some tertium quid"" that may be a mutation of product packaging and product design—a ""third thing."" In literature, it can describe an adulterer, often in a cuckolded relationship. Kipling employs the term in ""At the Pit’s Mouth,"" for an adulterer: """"Once upon a time there was a Man and his Wife and a Tertium Quid."" "" Talbot Mundy a contemporary of Kipling makes use of the term in ""King of the Khyber Rifles"" (p. 265) to describe a cuckold, """"And what kind of man must Rewa Gunga be who could lightly let go"
"derogatory term, it is comparable to ""prick"" and means ""a fool, a dolt, an unpleasant person – of either sex"". This sense is common in New Zealand, British and Australian English, where it is usually applied to men or as referring ""specifically"" to ""a despicable, contemptible or foolish"" ""man"". During the 1971 Oz trial for obscenity, prosecuting counsel asked writer George Melly ""Would you call your 10-year-old daughter a cunt?"" Melly replied ""No, because I don't think she is."" In the 1975 film ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"", the central character McMurphy, when pressed to explain exactly why he"
"by artist Peter Newell. Although better known for his children's books and illustrations for Mark Twain and Lewis Carroll, he published two books of invertible illustrations, in which the picture turns into a different image entirely when turned upside down. The last page in his book ""Topsys & Turvys"" contains the phrase THE END, which, when inverted, reads PUZZLE. In ""Topsys & Turvys Number 2"" (1902), Newell ended with a variation on the ambigram in which THE END changes into PUZZLE 2. The Verbeek strip ""The UpsideDowns of old man Muffaroo and little lady Lovekins"" used ambigrams in 3 consecutive"
"of discipline oppressed individuals on a broad societal scale, encouraging them to censor aspects of themselves and their actions. The novel also criticizes the emasculation of men in society, particularly in the character of Billy Bibbit, the stuttering Acute patient who is domineered by both Nurse Ratched and his mother. The title of the book is a line from a nursery rhyme: <poem style=""margin-left:2em;""> Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn, Apple seed and apple thorn, Wire, briar, limber lock Three geese in a flock One flew East One flew West And one flew over the cuckoo's nest </poem> Chief Bromden's grandmother sang"
"has been used as children's literature since Carey's day. Namby-pamby Namby Pamby is a term for affected, weak, and maudlin speech/verse. It originates from Namby Pamby (1725) by Henry Carey. Carey wrote his poem as a satire of Ambrose Philips and published it in his ""Poems on Several Occasions"". Its first publication was ""Namby Pamby: or, a panegyrick on the new versification address'd to A----- P----"", where the A-- P-- implicated Ambrose Philips. Philips had written a series of odes in a new prosody of seven-syllable lines and dedicated it to ""all ages and characters, from Walpole ""steerer of the"
"Dan"" (1963), makes an argument for poetry over fanatical hard work. Ciardi's ant, John J. Plenty, is so bent upon saving that he eats very little of what he has saved. Meanwhile, Fiddler Dan the grasshopper and his non-conforming ant wife survive the winter without help and resume playing music with the return of spring. John Updike's 1987 short story ""Brother Grasshopper"" deals with a pair of brothers-in-law whose lives parallel the fable of the ant and the grasshopper. One, Fred Barrow, lives a conservative, restrained existence; the other, Carlyle Lothrop, spends his money profligately, especially on joint vacations for"
"book is ""incoherent transactions"", apparently referring to theft, which occurs three times. Robert Southey used it twice (with credit to McDiarmid) in his ""Life of Cowper"" to describe William Hayley's eccentricities and used it in at least three letters. Dr. John Brown cited it as well and took it to apply to Rob Roy (possibly identifying as Rob Roy a robber McDiarmid described, ""a barbarous man... who was notoriously for savageness of manner""). A more recent mention of the phrase is in Vladimir Nabokov's novel ""Pale Fire""; the narrator sees McDiarmid's prose as a precursor to ""Finnegans Wake"", a comparison"
"of 'to act in a foolish or ineffectual manner"". Fuddy-duddy A fuddy-duddy (or fuddy duddy or fuddy-dud) is a person who is fussy while old-fashioned, traditionalist, conformist, or conservative, sometimes almost to the point of eccentricity or geekiness. It is a slang term, mildly derogatory but sometimes affectionate too and can be used to describe someone with a zealous focus on order. ""Fuddy-duddy"" is considered a word based on duplication and may have originated as a fused phrase made to form a rhyming jingle. Duddy is similar to Daddy and may have caught on from children's rhyming. Douglas Harper of"
"oxidase A. Neophile Neophile or Neophiliac, a term popularised by cult writer Robert Anton Wilson, is a personality type characterized by a strong affinity for novelty. The term was used earlier by Christopher Booker in his book The Neophiliacs (1969), and by J. D. Salinger in his short story Hapworth 16, 1924 (1965). Neophiles/Neophiliacs have the following basic characteristics: A neophile is distinct from a revolutionary in that anyone might become a revolutionary if pushed far enough by the reigning authorities or social norms, whereas neophiles are revolutionaries by nature. Their intellectual abhorrence of tradition and repetition usually bemoans a"
"deinen Leisten"" (the last two in English, ""cobbler, stick to your last""). Ultracrepidarianism Ultracrepidarianism is the habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge. The term ""ultracrepidarian"" was first publicly recorded in 1819 by the essayist William Hazlitt in an open ""Letter to William Gifford"", the editor of the ""Quarterly Review"": ""You have been well called an Ultra-Crepidarian critic."" It was used again four years later in 1823, in the satire by Hazlitt's friend Leigh Hunt, ""Ultra-Crepidarius: a Satire on William Gifford"". The term draws from a famous comment purportedly made by Apelles, a famous Greek"
"Neophile Neophile or Neophiliac, a term popularised by cult writer Robert Anton Wilson, is a personality type characterized by a strong affinity for novelty. The term was used earlier by Christopher Booker in his book The Neophiliacs (1969), and by J. D. Salinger in his short story Hapworth 16, 1924 (1965). Neophiles/Neophiliacs have the following basic characteristics: A neophile is distinct from a revolutionary in that anyone might become a revolutionary if pushed far enough by the reigning authorities or social norms, whereas neophiles are revolutionaries by nature. Their intellectual abhorrence of tradition and repetition usually bemoans a deeper emotional"
"and a 1919 issue of ""Smith's Weekly"" where it was referred to as an ""infernal didjerry"" which ""produced but one sound – (phonic) didjerry, didjerry, didjerry and so on ad infinitum"". A rival explanation, that didgeridoo is a corruption of the Irish language (Gaelic) phrase ""dúdaire dubh"" or ""dúidire dúth"", is controversial. ""Dúdaire""/""dúidire"" is a noun that may mean, depending on the context, ""trumpeter"", ""hummer"", ""crooner"", ""long-necked person"", ""puffer"", ""eavesdropper"", or ""chain smoker"", while ""dubh"" means ""black"" and ""dúth"" means ""native"". ""Yiḏaki"" (sometimes spelt ""yirdaki"") is one of the most commonly used names, although – strictly speaking – it refers"
"analysis, a conflict between the book's plot and its illustrations leads to artistic tension. While the ants' return to the colony suggests ""a victory for the bosses"" and the narrative could be considered a ""capitalist parable"", the comparatively huge appliances in the kitchen, which terrify the ants, imply conspicuous consumption. Nel likens the book's resulting ambiguity to the works of Magritte. Two Bad Ants Two Bad Ants is a 1988 children's book written and illustrated by American author Chris Van Allsburg. The title characters, while journeying through a human home, decide to exploit a sugar bowl on their own rather"
"he had felt that ""it was time to revive the obsolete noun"". A. Leslie Derbyshire applied it in a 1981 management science book to managers who know how to do a better job but choose not to. ""Garner's Modern English Usage"" says the word could describe George W. Bush because of his persistent habit of pronouncing ""nuclear"" as ""nucular"", despite the error being widely reported. Mumpsimus A mumpsimus () a ""traditional custom obstinately adhered to however unreasonable it may be"", or ""someone who obstinately clings to an error, bad habit or prejudice, even after the foible has been exposed and"
"""naughty"") -erik, e.g. ""viezerik"" ""filthy person"" (from ""vies"" ""dirty"") -ard, e.g. ""coward"", ""dullard"", ""sluggard"", ""drunkard"" (via Old French) -tard, e.g. ""Paultard"", ""conspiratard"", ""libtard""--new productive suffix from combination of ""retard"" and similarity to non-productive suffix ""-ard"" -aster, e.g. ""poetaster"", ""philosophaster"" (via Latin) -ster, e.g. ""hipster"", ""oldster"" (via Old English) -ite, e.g. ""Paisleyite"", ""Shiite"" (a follower or adherent of a person or doctrine; deprecatory term often given by opponents) -nik, e.g. ""peacenik"", ""neatnik"", ""beatnik"" (via Yiddish or Russian, where it is not necessarily pejorative) -rel, e.g. ""mongrel"", ""wastrel"" (from Middle English, from Old French) -er, e.g. ""stoner"", ""goner"", ""beaner"", ""truther"", ""birther"" (not"
"Flibbertigibbet Flibbertigibbet is a Middle English word referring to a flighty or whimsical person, usually a young woman. In modern use, it is used as a slang term, especially in Yorkshire, for a gossipy or overly talkative person. Its origin may lie in a meaningless representation of chattering. This word also has a historical use as a name for a fiend, devil, or spirit. In the 15th-century English morality play ""The Castle of Perseverance"", the Bad Angel addresses the vice figure Detraccio (also called Backbiter and the messenger of the World) as ""Flyprgebet"" (line 1724). In Shakespeare's ""King Lear"" (IV,"
"with a ""colonel of hussars"" and his implicit assertion that Albert held ""title-deeds to… divinity"" (Anon, 1847h). It was clear his ""fearful irreverence"" — implying that ""an earthly prince"" visiting Liverpool had some link to ""the awful coming of the Prince of Heaven and Earth to Judgment"" — was something that ""must be [immediately] apparent to every reverent mind""; and, further, that a ""piece of gross and rank blasphemy [was perpetrated] by making the third Person of the Holy Trinity a type of Prince Albert"". Another extraordinary aspect was his propensity for ""[being] carried away into confessedly injudicious acts and"
"to control everything that happens in the future, and try to stop randomness. The 'Supreme Serpent' is the controller of the serpents, and hints at the fact that he is Satan himself. The writing style of Noon is very similar to that of Lewis Carroll, who Noon constantly refers back to during the novel. The narrative is full of Alice mis-hearing words, most notably ""worm"" instead of ""wurm"", and ""pneumonia"" instead of ""newmonia"". There are also references to popular musical figures, with two notable characters. Firstly, James Marshall Hentrails, a sculpture made of rubbish, and who contains the insides (entrails)"
"and Puzzle are a reference to a passage from the 16th century humanist Erasmus' satirical work ""The Praise of Folly"", wherein the personified Folly, near the beginning of the work, discourses on reality and appearances: Shift (Narnia) Shift is a fictional character in the children's fantasy series ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" by C. S. Lewis. He is the main antagonist of ""The Last Battle"", which is the last book of the series. Shift is an ape who, like many animals in Lewis' work, can talk; Lewis does not specify what kind of ape, but Pauline Baynes' illustrations depict him as"
"and ""outmoded tastes and manners"". For example, the Bentley car manufacturer was referred to as a ""fuddy-duddy"" brand in a 2004 ""Popular Science"" article. Ambrose Bierce's story ""Who Drives Oxen Should Himself be Sane"", published in 1918, starts out with a use of the word and discussion of it as a ""unique adjuration"". The term is also used in the title of juvenile fiction including Kay Hoflander's ""The Chautauqua Kids and the Fuddy Duddy Daddy: A Tale of Pancakes & Baseball"", and the ""Uncle Fuddy-Duddy"" series by Roy Windham and Polly Rushton. ""Fuddy-duddy"" is often used to refer to a"
"be good, but being childish isn't. ""There's a big difference between childish and childlike. And childish is sort of impatient and silly and ridiculous and temper tantrums and brat behavior, and childlike is open and creative and flexible."" Rejuvenile (book) Rejuvenile: Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-up is a non-fiction book written by author Christopher Noxon and published by Crown Publishing in 2006. The term ""rejuvenile"" refers to people who ""cultivate tastes and mindsets traditionally associated with those younger than themselves."" Noxon explores adults who behave and think in childlike and childish ways, and concludes that"
"refinement. Some examples: There once was a man from Nantucket ""There once was a man from Nantucket"" is the opening line for many limericks, in which the name of the island of Nantucket creates rhymes and puns, often obscene. The protagonist in the obscene versions is typically portrayed as well-endowed and hypersexualized. The opening line is so well known that it has been used as a stand-alone joke, implying upcoming obscenities. The earliest published version appeared in 1902 in the ""Princeton Tiger"" written by Prof. Dayton Voorhees: Other publications seized upon the ""Nantucket"" motif, spawning many sequels Among the most"
"and high-heeled boots. Fop Fop became a pejorative term for a foolish man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century England. Some of the many similar alternative terms are ""coxcomb"", ""fribble"", ""popinjay"" (meaning 'parrot'), ""fashion-monger"", and ""ninny"". ""Macaroni"" was another term, of the 18th century, more specifically concerned with fashion. A modern-day fop may also be a reference to a foolish person who is excessively concerned about his clothing, luxuries, minor details, refined language and leisurely hobbies. He is generally incapable of engaging in conversations, activities or thoughts without the idealism of aesthetics or pleasures. The word ""fop"""
"on youth before they have reached the ""age of reason"". Contemporary discourse heavily features the latter concept, explicating that children are incapable of the standards of rational sense and sociality that accompany maturity, and their true intellectual potential and cognitive powers are only unlocked after the transition into a ""mature adult"". ""The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes"", by John Newbery – One of the first full-length novels depicting a child as the protagonist and main character, dealing with orphan-hood and education. ""Oliver Twist"", by Charles Dickens – Focuses on themes of child neglect, child abuse, child labour and orphan-hood, whilst"
"poetic or figurative use. In that capacity, the name is frequently used in popular media and fiction to refer to a very hard substance. Adamant Adamant and similar words are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some type of metal. Both ""adamant"" and ""diamond"" derive from the Greek word ἀδάμας, ἀδάμαντος (""adamas, adamantos""), meaning ""untameable"". ""Adamantite"" and ""adamantium"" (a metallic name derived from the Neo-Latin ending ""-ium"") are also common variants. Adamantine has, throughout ancient history, referred to anything that was made of a very hard material. Virgil describes Tartarus"
"Ellison"", ""Troublemakers"" and ""The Top of the Volcano"". Stylistically, the story deliberately ignores many ""rules of good writing"", including a paragraph about jelly beans which is almost entirely one run-on sentence. The story opens with a passage from ""Civil Disobedience"" by Henry David Thoreau. The story is a satirical look at a dystopian future in which time is strictly regulated and everyone must do everything according to an extremely precise time schedule. In this future, being late is not merely an inconvenience, but a crime. The crime carries a hefty penalty in that a proportionate amount of time is ""revoked"""
"in 1440, and for several centuries just meant a fool of any kind; the Oxford English Dictionary notes first use with the meaning of ""one who is foolishly attentive to and vain of his appearance, dress, or manners; a dandy, an exquisite"" in 1672. An early example of the usage is in the restoration drama ""The Soldier's Fortune"", in which a woman dismisses a potential suitor by saying ""Go, you are a fop."" The fop was a stock character in English literature and especially comic drama, as well as satirical prints. He is a ""man of fashion"" who overdresses, aspires"
"the nuns responds to the question ""How do you find a word that means Maria?"" with ""Flibbertigibbet."" This term was also used in the ""Looney Tunes"" episode ""Tweety's S.O.S."" by Granny when she drops her glasses. In the 1990 American romantic comedy film ""Joe Versus the Volcano"", Meg Ryan's character Angelica refers to herself as a flibbertigibbet. In 2018 British Author Chris Redmile released a children’s book named The Flibber-ti-gibbet, a read in rhyme book designed to educate children about the traits of ADHD. 7. The Flibbertigibbet https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flibber-ti-Gibbet-Monsters-Me-Chris-Redmile/dp/1726608468/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541772575&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=the+flibbertigibbet Flibbertigibbet Flibbertigibbet is a Middle English word referring to a flighty or"
"wrote that ""The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even—if you will—eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned imposter couldn't be happy with."" Ralph Waldo Emerson famously declared, ""Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist""—a point of view developed at length in both the life and work of Henry David Thoreau. Equally memorable and influential on Walt Whitman is Emerson's idea that ""a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."" Emerson opposes on principle the reliance on"
"and Nasty"", a 1990 album by Cabaret Voltaire. Examples of band names include Groovy Aardvark from Canada, The Groovy Little Numbers from Scotland, and Groovy Rednecks and the Flamin' Groovies from the US. By the early 1970s, the word was commonplace in American TV advertisements aimed at young audiences, as exemplified by the slogan ""Feeling groovy, just had my Cheerios."" E. B. White used the term in the novel The Trumpet of the Swan, which takes place in 1968 and was published in 1970, ""'This is real groovy!' cried a boy in the front seat. 'That bird is as good"
"Fop Fop became a pejorative term for a foolish man excessively concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th-century England. Some of the many similar alternative terms are ""coxcomb"", ""fribble"", ""popinjay"" (meaning 'parrot'), ""fashion-monger"", and ""ninny"". ""Macaroni"" was another term, of the 18th century, more specifically concerned with fashion. A modern-day fop may also be a reference to a foolish person who is excessively concerned about his clothing, luxuries, minor details, refined language and leisurely hobbies. He is generally incapable of engaging in conversations, activities or thoughts without the idealism of aesthetics or pleasures. The word ""fop"" is first recorded"